Shaker Fever
America's Twentieth-Century Fascination with a Communitarian Sect
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2020
University of Massachusetts Press (Verlag)
978-1-62534-509-7 (ISBN)
University of Massachusetts Press (Verlag)
978-1-62534-509-7 (ISBN)
Americans were enthralled by the Shakers in the years between 1925 and 1965. They bought Shaker furniture, saw Shaker worship services enacted on Broadway, sang Shaker songs, dressed in Shaker-inspired garb, collected Shaker artifacts, and restored Shaker villages. William D. Moore analyzes the activities of scholars, composers, collectors, folklorists, photographers, writers, choreographers, and museum staff who drove the national interest in this dwindling regional religious group.
This interdisciplinary study places the activities of individuals -- including Doris Humphrey, Charles Sheeler, Laura Bragg, Juliana Force, and Edward Deming Andrews -- within the larger cultural and historical contexts of nationalism, modernism, and cultural resource management. Taking up previously unexamined primary sources and cultural productions that include the first scholarly studies of the faith, material culture and visual arts, stage performances, and museum exhibitions, Shaker Fever compels a reconsideration of this religious group and its place within American memory. It is sure to delight enthusiasts, public historians, museum professionals, furniture collectors, and anyone interested in the dynamics of cultural appropriation and stewardship.
This interdisciplinary study places the activities of individuals -- including Doris Humphrey, Charles Sheeler, Laura Bragg, Juliana Force, and Edward Deming Andrews -- within the larger cultural and historical contexts of nationalism, modernism, and cultural resource management. Taking up previously unexamined primary sources and cultural productions that include the first scholarly studies of the faith, material culture and visual arts, stage performances, and museum exhibitions, Shaker Fever compels a reconsideration of this religious group and its place within American memory. It is sure to delight enthusiasts, public historians, museum professionals, furniture collectors, and anyone interested in the dynamics of cultural appropriation and stewardship.
William D. Moore is director of the American & New England Studies Program and associate professor of material culture at Boston University.
Introduction
1. Visualizing the Shakers: The Early Museum Exhibits at the New York State Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art
2. ""A Native Tradition with Furniture"": Shaker Design and the New Deal
3. ""Using material from our own history in the arts"": Performing the Shakers, 1930-1959
4. Instituting a Shaker Museum
5. ""Real Americana"": Shaker Pageants, Adapted Sites, Folk Music, and Heritage Tourism
6. Opening the Villages to the Public, 1955-1965
Erscheinungsdatum | 01.09.2020 |
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Reihe/Serie | Public History in Historical Perspective |
Zusatzinfo | 122 Black & White Illustrations |
Verlagsort | Massachusetts |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 595 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-62534-509-7 / 1625345097 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-62534-509-7 / 9781625345097 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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